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‘Misdo No Messanger’: Death and Delivery in the Alliterative Morte Arthure
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 2023
- pp. 3-18
- 10.1353/art.2023.0000
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
This article explores how the Alliterative Morte Arthure’s myriad messengers deliver both explicit and implicit imperialistic messages, arguing that Arthur himself is the poem’s pivotal messenger. A close examination of these communications reveals the imperial ambitions inherent in Arthur’s delivery of messages rife with bodily and embodied significance. [PJZ]